Mexico City.- Better opportunities, greater participation in the workforce and salary equity are the country’s greatest challenges to improving the gender gap, data from the World Economic Forum show.
According to the most recent edition of the Global Gender Gap Index 2024, Mexico ranks 33rd, out of a total of 146 economies analyzed. The higher the ranking, the smaller the gap.
The index is led by the Scandinavian economies.
Mexico, with a score of 0.768 points, is above Brazil and the United States, although below Nicaragua, Namibia and Chile.
The country has managed to significantly close the gender gap, driven by the empowerment of women in the political sphere; however, job opportunities still have to be resolved, the study indicates.
“With progress through the 18 editions, Mexico has closed 76.8 percent of its gender gap and has achieved its highest ranking to date, which it has maintained since the previous edition,” he adds.
However, within the index it is observed that in participation in the economy, the country occupies 109th place.
The critical points to improve are those related to job opportunities, greater participation in the workforce, salary equity, income and percentage of professional and technical workers.
In women’s empowerment in politics, Mexico occupies 14th place, which shows that it does much better than other economies but there is still a lot of room for improvement.
In the current Administration, the presence of women in high positions has been notable and the current context of the first woman at the head of the Country outlines this scenario well.
In the other two subindices, education and health, the gap is almost completely closed, with scores of 0.994 and 0.975 points, respectively.
In these subindices, the places it occupies are 62 and 49, which shows that it is one of the aspects best served by all economies.
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